Girls u16 team that won a team Gold at Cork Even Age Cross Country Championships 2015Left To Right: Sarah Mulcahy, Caoimhe Hayes, Laura Hayes( 1st), Sara Barry, Natalie Nicholson.

Enthusiastic Runners at recent schools cross country held in Conna.

Conor Hayes (St Catherines) receiving his medal at the recent East Cork Cross Country.

Bronze medal winning U12 team from last Sunday’s Cork Cross Country.

 St Catherines AC team at recent East Cork XC

First Day of the East Cork Cross Country took place last Sunday 20th September at Morley’s Cross in Ballynoe and was hosted by St. Catherine’s. Many thanks to land owners John and Bernadette Twomey for the use of the field on the day. Feedback from the athletes on the day was very positive.

Many thanks also to everyone who helped out on Saturday to set up the course and on Sunday to ensure the event ran smoothly for all participants. Individual medals on the day went to Conor Hayes (3rd in Boys U-10), Megan Carr (2nd in Girls U-14) and Laura Hayes (2nd in Girls U-16).

St. Catherine’s U-10 girls (Ally Mulkerrrins, Sarah O’Connell and Ellie Barry) won a team bronze. Our boys U-10 were unlucky to miss out on a team medal. (Cian Dunning, Conor Hayes, Donacha O’Donovan, Charlie Nicholson and Daniel Harte). 7 Athletes ran in the girls U-12 and took home a team silver (Lucy Barry, Karina Hartnett, Cliona Dunning, Doireann Hayes, Faelin Richards, Leila O’Reilly and Lucy Aherne). Nathan Sheehan was our only sole representative in the boys U-12 as was Ben O’Donovan in the boys U-16.

Team silvers were also won by our girls U-14 (Meghan Carr, Jodie O’Donovan and Hazel Sheehan) and our boys U-14 (Brian Barry, Kevin Barry, James Hayes, Tom Hartnett and Sam Dunning).

Adult races got underway promptly following the juvenile races. Congratulation to Catherine Clancy

3rd place in her category, also participating in the women’s 4K were Ger Sheehan and Patricia Barry. Shane Fitzgerald and Kevin Hayes came home 1st and 2nd respectively in the men’s over 35’s 6K which resulted in St. Catherine’s winning team gold (Alan Carr, Chris O’Connell and Aidan Barry). We also managed to fill our men’s over 45 category and were presented with a team bronze for their performance in the 6K (Steve Dunning, Kieran Harte, Bill O’Keefe, Mike Walsh and Batt Sheehan).

East Cork Schools Cross Country – Tomorrow Friday 25th September in Conna Community field.

Help is required tomorrow at Conna Community field from 10am until 1pm to ensure all children enjoy the races and get back to their respective schools safely

You can find a map with the location of the event below or by clicking here

Juvenile, Little Athletics and Senior Training

Following on from the summer break next week all training will be back in full swing in Conna Sports Field 7pm

• Mondays – Juvenile and Little Athletics
• Tuesdays – Senior Training 8 x 300-400s or 3k the first Tuesday of every month
• Wednesday – Fit 4 Life
• Thursdays – Juvenile

Coaching

Some information here for anyone interesting in coaching

Cork Athletics – Cross-Country Fixtures 2015-2016

Cork, Munster, National and International Cross Country fixtures for the coming season, including IMAA and ISAA fixtures are available here.

Run with Sonia

Sonia 5K Cobh in association with Euromedic Ireland takes place on Saturday 19th of September at 6pm to mark the 20th Anniversary of Irish athletics icon Sonia O’Sullivan’s historic victory in the 5,000 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg in 1995 in her hometown.

Join the former World Champion and Olympic Silver Medallist in this Special Celebration event on a beautiful scenic route in the seaside town of Cobh the homeland of Sonia.

All finishers will receive a Unique Commemorative Medal – an exact replica of the World Championship Gold Medal won by Sonia when she became Ireland’s first-ever female Athletics World Champion.
Click here to Register

Cork City Marathon

A yellow weather warning was issued for Munster on the bank holiday Monday but that did not dampen spirits of all those taking part. St. Catherine’s were represented in all 3 races, the marathon, the half marathon and the relay. The highlight on the day is without doubt John Beechers time of 2:48, a well deserved personal best which earned him a fantastic 21st place in the marathon. Well done John & to all who represented the club on the day.

Tallow 5K
The club supported the tallow community council 5K fun run/ walk which took place on 30th May. First man home was our own Frank Hayes; first lady home was Caoimhe Hayes in a time of 22:23 mins. The first junior athlete home was also from St. Catherine’s, Neasha Whelan. Well done to all our athletes.

Emer Casey 10k
Emer Casey 10k was held in glorious summer sunshine in Youghal on Sunday 24th May. A total of 411 runners took part in this event which again this year was extremely well run and all money raised went to the very worthy Emer Casey Foundation. Kevin Hayes was the 1st athlete home in an impressive 14th position. Our other athletes that took part were Alan Carr, Aidan Barry, Patricia Barry, Catherine Clancy Mike Walsh, Georgina Cunningham, Fiona Fitzgerald and Lisa Jones

Track & Field (County B’s & Masters)
Numbers were sparse last Sunday for both events which were held in the CIT, our juvenile athletes that took part were Lucy Barry, Neasha Whelan, Leila O’Reilly, Jack Kiely and Conor Hayes. Good luck to all our athletes that will take part in the Munster Track & Field this coming Sunday.

Monday mile continues following Juvenile training at 8.15pm
Fit 4 life continues every Wednesday 7-8 pm

The Monday mile continues every Monday at 8:15pm in Conna Sports Field (after Juvenile training). Run/Jog/Walk a mile. All are welcome.

Child Welfare – Athlete, Parent and Coaches & Officials Codes
With the Track & Field season now in full swing, a timely reminder about the obligations of Athletes, Parents, Coaches and Officials is probably in order.  Every individual is obliged to familiarise themselves with these codes, and ensure that they are complied with, both by themselves and others:
Athletes Code
Parents Code
Coaches and Officials Code